dub3 card · www.destructoid.com
Destructoid (2006)
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- Cost
- 4 RAM
- Power
- 6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: If played in round 5 or later, +3 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.
The site, in 2006
A video game news site, begun as a blog by the Cuban-American cartoonist Yanier Gonzalez, with a robot mascot called Mr. Destructoid.
Gonzalez once turned up at an E3 press conference dressed as the robot, to hand out flyers. Enthusiast Gaming bought the site in 2017 and sold it to Gamurs Group in 2022.
In 2006: Begun as a blog in March, to try to get Gonzalez into E3. Turned down, he wrote and drew his own coverage, and Joystiq and Kotaku picked it up.
Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2006 page.
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2006, then plays a short scene. Want Destructoid in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
